Not only is the name shit, so is the entire bandwagon for the character. Out of nowhere, over a year after Lesson Zero happens, well after people noticed, and unlike Derpy, where the cross-eyed thing can be cute, this is just bad.
The fact that people will stand up for this and accept it after all the handwringing about alicorn OCs is pathetic.
Yeah that was a funny story with Derpy’s name. The thing is, people loved making stories where she was clever, or had a different name, not just Ditzy Doo but all sort of different ones too. And the thing is, in that mood if the show staff made alterations, we likely would have ACCEPTED. ‘Derpy Hooves’ the name as well as her doofus personality only became undebatable canon when they, with the best of intents, put her in the show. But if the show name was decided to be, idk, Flightly McFlysome, 90% of people would have accepted it as canon back then. And of course, after Derpygate any different naming/portrayal kinda died because it’d have felt like ou were one of ‘them’. The people who complained about her appearance. No-one wanted to be one of ‘them’.
And so the fact that it WAS probably a silly name to like to begin with came to be promptly forgotten. :p
@Background Pony “Derpy Hooves was a dumb name made by a dumb person…”
And it was taken TOOO seriously by Bronies. And now, what happened to the character we loved so much?
Shitstorms, “Ableist and Offensive”, reduced appearances, avoiding she has a name in official matterial…
Sometimes, it’s better when Bronies DON’T notice a character.
@Vree
Derpy Hooves was a dumb name made by a dumb person…
You know, if we can make her INTERESTING, I don’t mind. And I like the idea of an “error” pony who’s actually happy to crash stuff, well, I’m all for it.
The fact that people will stand up for this and accept it after all the handwringing about alicorn OCs is pathetic.
that is a stupid and dumb name, Dumby McDumberson.
And so the fact that it WAS probably a silly name to like to begin with came to be promptly forgotten. :p
Funny old world.
Well it still IS a dumb name :p
Anyway, as long as this motivates /mlp/ to make great art, I don’t mind.
Derpy’s being noticed is what created the character we know and love, life wouldn’t be the same without Derpy.
“Derpy Hooves was a dumb name made by a dumb person…”
And it was taken TOOO seriously by Bronies. And now, what happened to the character we loved so much?
Shitstorms, “Ableist and Offensive”, reduced appearances, avoiding she has a name in official matterial…
Sometimes, it’s better when Bronies DON’T notice a character.
Derpy Hooves was a dumb name made by a dumb person…
You know, if we can make her INTERESTING, I don’t mind. And I like the idea of an “error” pony who’s actually happy to crash stuff, well, I’m all for it.
I see what you did there…
I AM ERROR